Andrew Jackson Elementary School

At a Glance

Serves grades Pre-K - 4

McGavock Cluster

Open Enrollment

Offers bus transportation

Offers before or aftercare

Welcome From the Principal

Tara LobaPrincipal

Welcome to Andrew Jackson Elementary School, home of the soaring Eagles! The gifts and talents of our students combined with the dedication and passion of our teachers allow us to strive for excellence. We continue to work hard to ensure that Andrew Jackson Elementary School will be recognized as a school that sets our students and teachers up for success.

Find any successful school and you will also find parents and community members who are involved and supportive. This community recognizes the value of educational and extracurricular activities. Therefore, our school expects our students to excel both inside and outside of the classroom. I hope you are proud of our students as they reflect these expectations through their character and commitment. Your support is greatly appreciated. Together, let’s watch our Eagles SOAR!

Pathways

School Description

Andrew Jackson Elementary is a family and community-based school within the McGavock cluster. AJS has the support of many community partners and you will notice that our families are also a huge part of what makes AJS so special. Instructionally the staff is dedicated to a school-wide movement of focusing on learning. With the focus on students and meeting each student where they are academically, socially and emotionally. AJS has focused our efforts on collaborative planning, rigorous instruction, RTI (Response to Intervention), Restorative Practice and morning/closing meetings. We have tremendous talent on our staff, and in many cases people just need the space to operate and navigate. The staff at AJS is leading this charge and working together in a synergistic motion that certainly makes us collectively more effective.

It is impossible to point at one thing to identify as the “one thing” that makes AJS so special. Success comes in all shapes and sizes, and we have a countless number of incredible indicators of success. We also have 570 students who are successful and talented in some individual aspect and we strive to help students develop those skills to be competitive in an ever-changing world.

The synergy with which we move forward is growing, as we continue to make the experience of being at Andrew Jackson Elementary the best we possibly can. The “we” is everyone who has some affiliation with AJS. We do this together, as we are all part of AJS in this moment. Be part of the “us”!

Helpful Links

Family Portal

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With Family Portal, families can see real-time class and assignment grades, homework, test scores, upcoming due dates, attendance information, discipline incidents and more. It allows for better communication between teachers and families through emails and mobile alerts. Teachers can send messages to parents and they can post important news and announcements for families to see. Click here for registration instructions and to learn more about Family Portal: www.mnps.org/familyportal